Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	226% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 16:59
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 652 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 72 Parallax 70.4 59% 71.4 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 70 Splatting 73.4 59% 72 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 538 517 541 547 542 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,439 Write 554 Mixed 679 SusWrite 530 228% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 59.2 229% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 498 398% 557 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 333%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$129 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 606GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 469 475 482 482 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 485 Mixed 430 SusWrite 466 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 56.9 188% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 299 243% 346 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 675GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.9 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 105 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 57%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 253GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 222 225 224 226 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 36.2 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 223 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 208% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 174%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.3 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 43.6 92% 43.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,695x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16